From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 06:01:24 -0500 (EST)
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To: Jason White <whiteja AT rvib2 DOT rvib DOT org DOT au>
cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: [opendos] Specifying environmental variables in batch files and at the command prompt
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On Thu, 13 Feb 1997, Jason White wrote:

> In an earlier message on this list, it was stated that the copy of
> command.com included in OpenDOS did not properly handle commands such as:
> path c:\dir;%path%
> in which the value of the relevant environmental variable (path in this
> instance) is to be substituted during the processing of the command. In
> fact, commands of this form do work under OpenDOS, but only if they are
> executed from within batch files. They fail when they are entered at the
> command prompt. Should this be considered as a bug in OpenDOS, or merely a
> limitation? It should be noted that in DOSbook, this feature is discussed
> in the context of batch file parameters, which suggests that its
> confinement to batch processing might be intentional. Personally, I can
> think of no persuasive reason for imposing such a restriction, which
> certainly does not apply in the command processor that comes with MS-DOS.

As a substitute until it does work (or a better all around
solution anyways) is to use the ADDPATH program which was
distributed in PC magazine.  I'm attaching it since it is only a
few small bytes.  This should do, until the problem is fixed.  I
don't know if it will work from config.sys or not though.

Mike A. Harris        |             http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
Computer Consultant   |    My webpage has moved and my address has changed.
My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html
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Question: Where can I get a good WYSIWYG HTML editor for Linux?

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